Date:  Tuesday 25th May 2010
Venue: 76 Portland Place. London

Conference chair Ian McPherson Director National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU), comments ‘We should all welcome today’s publication of the New Horizons strategy with its shared vision for mental health, together with the publications on employment and mental health. New Horizons is an immensely important step forward that recognises the need to address the mental well-being of the whole population, as well as ensure the continued improvement of service delivery and support for recovery for those with mental health problems’

Topics

As part of the event, our very own Professor of Social Work and Social Care at the School of Human and Health Sciences, Peter Huxley, will be presenting a talk on 'Measuring and monitoring clinical and social outcomes in mental health'.

Topics include;

• New Horizons: Implementing the new National Strategy
• Developing a systematic evidence based preventative approach to improve well-being andmental health
• Ensuring a holistic approach: reducing stigma and social exclusion
• Early recognition and intervention in primary care
• Encouraging and enhancing the development of personalised support in mental health
• Increasing access to employment and training for people with amental health diagnosis
• Empowering service users in setting recovery goals and assessing progress outcomes with the Recovery Star
• Measuring andmonitoring clinical and social outcomes inmental health
• New Horizons: the service user perspective

Further Information or Bookings

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